HOUSTON — CBRE has arranged $34 million in permanent financing to refinance debt on the 680-unit Abbey at Briar Forest, a Class B apartment community located at 11655 Briar Forest Dr. in Houston. Glenn Housman of CBRE's Orlando, Fla., office arranged the financing with a 7-year fixed rate through Freddie Mac on behalf of the borrower, Birmingham, Ala.-based Abbey Residential.
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THE COLONY — A partnership between Dallas-based Legacy Capital Co. and Carrollton-based Standridge Cos. has acquired two tracts of land adjacent to the future site of the Nebraska Furniture Mart totaling 33 acres in The Colony. The acquisition includes a 19.6-acre tract located at the corner of Blair Oaks Drive and Highway 121 and a 13.7-acre tract at the corner of Paige Road and Memorial Drive. The land will be marketed by Standridge.
MESQUITE — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of a 10.86-acre tract of land, located at Big Town Boulevard in Mesquite, to be used for industrial purposes. Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates' Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the seller, Dallas-based Royalton Real Estate Capital, in the transaction. Union Pacific was the buyer.
PLANO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $3.25 million in first mortgage financing for the 140,130-square-foot Jupiter Business Park, an industrial property located at 1111 Jupiter Rd. in Plano. Ronald Reese of NorthMarq's Dallas office arranged the 7-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule through Summit Investment Advisors on behalf of the borrower, Jupiter Business Park Ltd., an entity controlled by Los Angeles-based Mindlin Cos.
DALLAS — Mark One Capital, a subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap, has secured acquisition financing for the 20,000-square-foot Baylor Surgery Center, located in Dallas. Farhan Kabani of Mark One's Dallas office arranged the 5-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule and a fixed 4.66 percent interest rate.
RICHARDSON — Dayton, Ohio-based The Connor Group has purchased the 338-unit Arboretum Estates, located at 411 Buckingham Rd. in Richardson, from Arboretum Estates, Ltd., for an undisclosed price. The property sits on a 14-acre parcel in the north Dallas submarket.
AUSTIN — Dallas-based SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of the 7,550-square-foot Southcross Station, a shopping center located at 3601 W. William Cannon Dr. Jason Middlebrook of SRS Real Estate Partners' Austin office represented the seller in the transaction.
DALLAS — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $2.4 million in first mortgage financing for the 68,874-square-foot Parkway North, an office building located at 16800 N. Dallas Pkwy. in Dallas. Ronald Reese of NorthMarq's Dallas office arranged the 10-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule through Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance Co. on behalf of the borrower, RMB Parkway North.
KATY — Houston-based My Fit Foods will open a 2,600-square-foot store in the 77,589-square-foot Highland Knolls Shopping Center, located at 1505-1565 S. Mason Rd. in Katy. The center is 90 percent leased to tenants such as Randalls, Washington Mutual, Skeeters, Quizno's Subs and AT&T. The store will be My Fit Foods' 17th location in the Houston area. Shawn Ackerman and Cyrus Chen of Henry S. Miller Brokerage's Houston office represented the landlord in the transaction.
When we look back at the last couple of years in the Dallas/Fort Worth industrial real estate sector, it is absolutely certain that it’s been great to be a tenant. Landlords have been fighting for new deals and trying to keep the ones they have. But is next year going to be better or worse than this year? In the past year, there have been glimmers that the real estate market and the economy might be on the rebound. With a complete lack of any notable new speculative industrial construction in the past 3 years in DFW, we’ve all been working to fill up the existing vacant inventory. In the past 4 quarters, we’ve seen positive absorption of approximately 10 million square feet. We’ve moved the needle in DFW from 11.5 percent vacancy, to 10.5 percent in one year’s time. While that’s significant compared to where we’ve been, it’s approximately half of where we were in 2007 when we saw more than 20 million square feet of industrial absorption in 2007 in DFW alone. While it seems that the market is positioning itself for some sustained growth, the flex sector of the industrial market still seems to be flagging. Vacancy …